Funki Cadets featuring Mike Dunn & Wade Teo - Work It To The Bone

CAT NO.: NER27397
FORMAT: 1 x 12" Vinyl Single
RELEASE DATE: 30 Oct 2026 
BARCODE: 091012739712
GENRE: Dance

Side 1
A1 . Funki Cadets featuring Mike Dunn & Wade Teo - Work It To The Bone (Louie Vega Mix)
A2 . Funki Cadets featuring Mike Dunn & Wade Teo - Work It To The Bone (DJ Tool Accapella)
Side 2
B1 . Funki Cadets featuring Mike Dunn & Wade Teo - Work It To The Bone (Wade Teo Mix)
B2 . Funki Cadets featuring Mike Dunn & Wade Teo - Work It To The Bone (Louie Vega Beats)

Larry Thompson and Rick Lenoir AKA LNR were early house pioneers who dropped seminal cuts from the late 80s onwards, but few had the impact of their debut, ‘Work It To The Bone’.

The darkly alluring anthem mixed tribal percussion with a minimal groove that went deep and soon became a dance floor classic, spawning a thousand copycats. It has remained an evergreen favourite across the years and now gets covered by New York’s long-time house heavyweight and Grammy-winning producer, remixer and Elements Of Life founder Louie Vega under his Funki Cadets alias. He hooks up with Chicago mainstay Mike Dunn and go-to contemporary house producer Wade Teo for a new version that beefs up the original for modern dance floors.

The opening Louie Vega Mix dials into the original’s tribal energy with a chunky, bouncing groove and hard-hitting percussion, then layers in more synths, effects, and drama to the full-fat sound. It’s a sweaty, steamy affair with a constant sense of momentum as the arrangement evolves, different hooks take the lead, and the pressure stays high. In addition to a DJ Tool Acapella and Louie Vega Beats mix, Wade Teo remixes the track with a deeper groove and dusty drums. It’s a more subtle, heads-down sound but packed with the same edge and rawness that made the original so standout.